The first freight Shinkansen bullet train, operated by East Japan Railway Co.

the universe: (doing nothing, completely motionless, zero activity taking place anywhere, all physical activity has come to a stop and has been been stopped for some time, likely billions of years) the extension cord in the shed: whoops i’m all tangled up somehow lmao

A very real problem with our foreign policy is that we are able to easily kill for causes we don’t actually think are worth dying for

This guy dressed as a Jedi at No Kings in rural Ohio. Little cold to not have a hat!

All indications are that a novel method of pulling nitrogen from the air could revolutionize fertilizer production. But farmers worry it's too good to be true. New from @dkruzman.bsky.social: ambrook.com/offrange/tec...

It's been such a day I forgot I saw this while driving into work

Chocolate egg molding machine

"I'm doing my part!"

Benjamin Netanyahu, General Dan Caine, I beseech you, the IRGC are building centrifuges directly under this structure, my people cry out for protection

In the row behind me at the school play tonight this gray haired guy was tormenting his teenage son by reading a long list of terrible Chuck Norris jokes, and I thought, "Isn't this dude too old to have been in Barrens chat?" and then I realized that was 20+ years ago💀

Who's excited?

DLSS 5 Off | DLSS 5 On

Another Sunday, another family thing where dad scrolls AI voiceover woo woo health TikToks and mom argues politics with bots on Facebook instead of playing with their grandkids. The future is bright 🥲

a problem with defecting constantly is that there are situations which are not prisoners dilemmas where your ability to credibly promise cooperation has value *to you*

Tenías self-propelled almond harvester.

High-speed bullion cube wrapping line by Theegarten-Pactec.

Artemis II rocket and spacecraft rolling back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center atop of the crawler-transporter.

Picard: It's a computer simulation of thoroughbred horse racing called Umamusume Pretty Derby. The program was quite popular in the 21st century. Riker: Mm. 'Pretty' is accurate. That Goldship is quite something. Picard: I hadn't noticed. I enjoy the simulation's tactical qualities. Riker: Yes, sir.

the shape of bart's hair allows it to function as a heat sink, providing him a distinct advantage over his opponents when battling in extremely high temperature environments. they've never found a way to work it into an episode though

From a 1967 magazine feature on Japan’s society-wide “Kaiju boom”: footprints of Varan, Ebira, King Ghidra, Angilas, King Kong, Rodan, Godzilla, Mothra (larva), Mothra (adult)

the american work ethic makes it possible for us to get 20, 30 years of humiliation in only a single calendar year

The 1st honeyberry varieties to hit the US were "gross" — small + scant w “kind of a quinine taste,” a researcher told me. He's working to get more delicious varieties of this boreal fruit into the hands of farmers and eaters. A palate cleanse for a bananas news cycle: ambrook.com/offrange/cro...

Stone cutter.

The inevitable conclusion to all this, and the ultimate proof of Evil Forrest Gump theory, will be discovering that Epstein funded 9/11

in a democratic republic (and really in all times and places) the slavish hunger to be in the thrall of a strongman or a king is the ultimate moral degeneracy.

What do you MEAN the president audibly SHIT himself live on camera and they immediately cancelled the press conference and rushed everyone out of the room like it's a fire drill, and it happened two days ago, and I'm just hearing about it NOW?

Congragulations

A walk through snowy woods on a clear, cold night is up there in terms of nature experiences. All things considered I would probably prefer to live in a warmer region, but I would miss nights like this.

Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c 1. continuing, not 1 off. 2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it 3. literally at hand of federal government, which is 4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.

晩御飯に夫が特製のお肉とじゃがいもゴロゴロカレーを作ってくれたので、寒いけれどみんな元気です。

There no longer exists a shred of political or moral difference between an armed DHS agent and a British redcoat on the streets of Boston or Lexington in 1775. The DHS man is worse, actually, as he has volunteered for service against his neighbor, is paid handsomely, and could quit any time.

Reactionaries reading Tolkien

For me, the most difficult part is often the lies.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/living-in-...

Watching Dolly Parton's A Smoky Mountain Christmas for the first time as an adult, and it's now clear to me that the reason there are so many orphans in this tiny mountain town is that the witch-woman has been straight up murdering their parents.

Meticulously compiling a list of my favorite YouTube videos in advance of the New Year so I can be the first to comment, "who here in 2026 🙌"

interrupting the ghost of christmas present mid-lesson to expound on the national security implications of his remote viewing abilities

Brought in the mail after clearing the snow off my parents driveway. This is the kind of horseshit they get in the mail all the time nowadays. Normie Republicans (and former Rs) may not have known who Charlie Kirk was before, but they sure are familiar with him now.

Emmet Otter opens with a song making fun of a fat woman and her comically large bathing suit??? Watching this beloved children's Christmas classic for the first time. Nephew finds Grandma Otter's big bathing suit indeed very funny. (Shaking my head so everyone knows I disagree.)

The first cookie plate of the year always makes me feel like such an ungrateful snob, because imo most Christmas cookies fall squarely into "kind of you to go to the effort, but I'd rather you hadn't” territory.

going back to 2025 from 2055 with an old farmers almanac to pull a biff tannen

Yes! And more than just facts, stories can impart moral lessons through their structure, even when they're not obviously didactic. Characters model behavior, and the story consequences subtly teach us whether it was wise or unwise, etc. That is mostly absent from unscripted/disjointed entertainment.

when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:

When you fail a saving throw vs charisma

vacuuming the house but really hot rodding it: drifting around corners, popping wheelies, doing a kick-flip over the ottoman

I've driven through this place hundreds of times, but for the rest of my life I won't be able to pass without remembering the words of this contemptible asshole Republican county chairman: "We’re not going to sell out our birthright for a bean burrito."

My sensibilities are pretty tenderhearted towards small animals even though I work on a farm, but I have to admit it is regrettably very amusing sometimes what mean little shits cats can be. Shaking my head the whole time so everyone knows I disagree etc.

Yes! I've considered this a possibility since reading 13th century monk Bartholomaeus Anglicus' description of cats. He's clearly amused by their behavior, as no doubt humans at the time of domestication were. The entertainment value is not entirely separate from their usefulness as mousers,

the audio book engineer when it's time for her to record the RFK Jr. stuff